You Should Collect These Maine-Made Beauties (Even If You’re Not Storing Salted Meat)
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Before refrigerators, artful, durable local stoneware was a kitchen staple.
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How Much are Great-Grandpa’s Victorian Boot Fasteners Worth?
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Experts evaluate these and other local treasures in the latest installment of our appraisal series.
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Molly Neptune Parker’s Legacy Lives On in Her Masterful Baskets
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Her work provides functional beauty — and food for thought, appraiser John Bottero writes.
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Life Wasn’t Always a Picnic in L.L. Bean’s Vintage Camping Scenes
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On early catalogs, renowned artists immortalized the charms, and challenges, of Maine outdoor life, John Bottero writes.
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Ships Ahoy!
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In the 19th century, stoic Victorians weren’t the only ones posing for portraits, appraiser John Bottero writes
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A Stitch In Time
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Schoolgirl samplers provide an intriguing window into early Mainers’ lives, John Bottero says.
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These Victorian Valentines Put Modern Cards to Shame!
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Meticulously crafted sailors’ valentines reveal 19th-century mariners’ romantic side, John Bottero writes.
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A Strong Sign of Value?
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The latest installment of our appraisal series considers this and other Maine-y treasures.
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Snow Queens
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A century ago, elegant painted sleds from western Maine ruled sliding hills, appraiser John Bottero writes.
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Wild Things
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The art world is seeing renewed interest in iconic Maine painter Dahlov Ipcar, whose work hits a range of price points, appraiser John Bottero says.
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